Dictionary of Sydney

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Female Factory Third Class Sleeping Quarters

Sleeping accommodation for those women on secondary punishment or serving time for offences committed while on assignment. Third class women were restricted to menial tasks and hard labour such as stone breaking and oakum picking, which involved the harsh task of unrolling and untwisting old rope.

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1823
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